Bio I Flashcards
What are the properties of life?
growth (increase in no. of cells or size)
development (maturation)
reproduction (asexual and sexual)
homeostasis (internal balance)
metabolism (catabolic v. anabolic)
irritability
adaptation
order
What are the levels of organization of life?
biosphere
biome
ecosystem (biotic + abiotic)
community (interaction betw. 2 or more population)
population (same species)
organism
organs
tissues (epithelial, connective, muscular, nervous)
cells (prokaryotic, eukaryotic - plant or animal)
molecules (C, P, L, NA)
atoms (CHON)
What are the different monosaccharides?
glucose, galactose, fructose
How do you make the different disaccharides?
glucose + glucose = maltose
galactose + glucose = lactose
fructose + glucose = sucrose
What are the different polysaccharides and their functions
glycogen and starch (storage)
chitin and cellulose (structural)
triglycerides
fatty acids + glycerol
What are the functions of amino acids?
contraction
transport
hormones
enzymes/catalyst
recognition
attachment
What are the building blocks of nucleic acids?
nucleotides (nitrogenous base, phosphate backbone and sugar)
What are the nitrogenous bases?
purine (A and G)
pyrimidine (T and C)
What are the differences of DNA and RNA?
helix (double - single)
sugar (deoxyribose - ribose)
function (storage of genetic info - protein translation)
What links monosaccharides together?
glycosidic bonds
What links fatty acids to glycerol?
ester
What links amino acids?
peptide bonds
What links nucleotides together?
phosphodiester bonds
What links sugar to N-base?
N-glycosidic bond
What link adenine to thymine or guanine to cytosine?
hydrogen bonds
2 for A-T
3 for G-C
What is the cell theory?
- basic unit of life
- LO composed of one or more cells
- arise from pre-existing cells (biogenesis)
What do prokaryotic cells lack?
true nucleus and membrane bound organelles like mitochondria (also unicellular)
What is the cell wall usually made of?
peptidoglycan
Mitochondria
site of ATP synthesis and most of aerobic respiration
Lysosome
intracellular digestion (degrade molecules)
Peroxisome
convert hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to water and oxygen and neutralize toxicity
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
protein synthesis
SER
lipid synthesis
Nucleus
ribosome subunit assembly and contains chromosomes
Centrosome
active during cell division where spindle fibers arise
Plasma membrane
semi-permeable
What does the Fluid Mosaic Model?
phospholipid bilayer with hydrophobic tails and hydrophilic heads
Chloroplast
site of photosynthesis
Central vacuole
storage
What do plant cells lack?
lysosomes and centrosomes
Taxonomic classification
Domain
Kingdom
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
How do you write scientific names?
genus + specific epithet
Domains
bacteria, archaea, eukaryota
Kingdoms
monera (eubacteria and archaebacteria), protista, fungi, plantae, animalia
Passive transport
w/o ATP and from high to low concentration to achieve equilibrium (ex. diffusion or osmosis)
Active transport
w/ ATP and from low to high concentration to increase gradient (ex. sodium potassium pump)
Osmosis: Hypotonic solution (animals)
lower solute levels lead to bursting and lysed
Osmosis: Isotonic solution (animals)
equal solute levels so normal and no net movement
Osmosis: Hypertonic solution (animals)
higher solute levels lead to shriveled or crenate
Osmosis: Hypotonic solution (plants)
lower solute levels lead to turgid (normal)
Osmosis: Isotonic solution (plants)
equal solute levels but flaccid
Osmosis: Hypertonic solution (plants)
higher solute levels lead to shriveled or plasmolyzed
Explain oxygen independent cellular respiration
glycolysis in the cytoplasm wherein glucose is broken down into pyruvate or pyruvic acid that will go to the cytoplasm and undergo fermentation (lactic acid in animals and alcoholic in plants)
Explain oxygen dependent cellular respiration
pyruvate will go into mitochondria and become Acetyl CoA and undergo Krebs Cycle in the matrix and then ETC in the inner membrane
Explain light dependent photosynthesis
in the thylakoid, water will separate releasing H+, electrons [which will generate NADPH and ATP] and oxygen
Explain light independent photosynthesis (Calvin Cycle or Dark Reaction)
in the stroma, NADPH and ATP will be used to convert CO2 into glucose and it will go back to NADP+ and ADP and inorganic phosphate
Two stratums of epidermis
Basale - deepest
Corneum - superficial
What are the 7 skin receptors?
- Free nerve endings (Pain, heat, cold)
- Merkel Pisk (Touch)
- Krause End Bulbs (Touch)
- Root Hair Plexus (Touch)
- Meissner Corpuscles (Touch)
- Pacinian Corpuscles
- Ruffini Endings (Pressure)
What does the sympathetic nervous system do?
Excites the body; activates flight or fight response